Summary
The Missionary is a British film comedy first released in 1982,
directed by Richard Loncraine.
The film stars Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott and Michael Hordern.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Richard Loncraine
- Script: Richard Loncraine
- Photo: Peter Hannan
- Music: Mike Moran
- Cast: Michael Palin (The Reverend Charles Fortescue), Maggie Smith (Lady Isabel Ames), Trevor Howard (Lord Henry Ames), Denholm Elliott (The Bishop), Michael Hordern (Slatterthwaite), Graham Crowden (The Reverend Fitzbanks), David Suchet (Corbett), Phoebe Nicholls (Deborah Fitzbanks), Tricia George (Ada), Valerie Whittington (Emmeline), Roland Culver (Lord Fermleigh), Rosamund Greenwood (Lady Fermleigh), Timothy Spall (Parswell), Neil Innes (Singer in Gin Palace), John Barrett (Old Man outside Hotel), Dawn Archibald (Mission Girl), Frances Barber (Mission Girl), Debby Bishop (Mission Girl), Ceri Jackson (Mission Girl), Janine Lesley (Mission Girl), Sasha Mitchell (Mission Girl), Francine Morgan (Mission Girl), Sophie Thompson (Mission Girl), Sally Watkins (Mission Girl), Derrick O’Connor (Gym Trainer), Tony Fawcett (Small Boy at Mudflats), Jason Barr (Small Boy at Mudflats), Edmund Bumstead (Small Boy at Mudflats), David Leland (Long Haired Man at Gin Palace), Anne-Marie Marriott (Emily, Fitzbanks’ Maid), Hugh Fraser (Usher at Wedding), Peter Bourke (Best Man at Wedding), Janine Duvitski (Millicent, Ames’ Maid), Tilly Vosburgh (Fermleigh’s Maid), Arthur Howard (Fermleigh’s Butler), Hugh Walters (Fermleigh’s Doctor), Julian Curry (Portland, first friend of Raggy Masterson), Charles McKeown (Leicester, second friend of Raggy Masterson), Ishaq Bux (Maharajah), Tony Steedman (Lord Quimby), Damaris Hayman (Lady Quimby), David Dixon (Young Man), Anton Lesser (Young Man), Frank Mills (Sir Cyril Everidge), Yussef Shah (Maharajah’s Boy), John Fortune (Schoolmaster’s voice), Derek Lyons (Man on Bicycle)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 90 min
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